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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Aberdeen, SD

May 16, 1996Corson County, Dewey County, South Dakota

NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this tornado warning at May 16, 1996, 10:48 PM MDT for Corson County, Dewey County, South Dakota. It was in force for 32 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
May 16, 1996, 10:48 PM MDT (04:48 UTC)
Expired
May 16, 1996, 11:20 PM MDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Aberdeen, SD
Area
Whole counties

Counties Corson County, SD, Dewey County, SD

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 150 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 16, 11:10 PM MDTThunderstorm Wind 52Mc Laughlin, SD
May 16, 11:15 PM MDTThunderstorm Wind 52Wakpala, SD

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 151 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Bismarck Municip, ND at 00:00Z on 1996-05-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 317 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Bismarck Municip, ND at 00:00Z on 1996-05-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 296 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
317 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-97 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
647 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
67 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
296 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
422 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
7.2

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KABR 170447
TORABR
SDC031-041-170520-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
1148 PM CDT (1048 PM MDT) THU MAY 16 1996

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN SD HAS ISS

The office that day

Everything else NWS Aberdeen, SD issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 16, 9:11 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRCorson59 min
May 16, 9:47 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRCorson58 min
May 16, 10:16 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRDewey59 min
May 16, 10:28 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRCampbell57 min
May 16, 11:23 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRCampbell, Corson, Walworth52 min
May 16, 11:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRMcPherson47 min
May 17, 1:02 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRDay63 min
May 17, 1:13 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRMarshall62 min
May 17, 1:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRMarshall61 min
May 17, 2:51 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRHand29 min
May 17, 3:02 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRBrown63 min
May 17, 3:03 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRDay62 min
May 17, 3:09 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRSpink66 min
May 17, 3:17 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRMarshall63 min
May 17, 3:56 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRCodington, Grant49 min
May 17, 4:04 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRClark46 min
May 17, 4:21 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRMarshall49 min
May 17, 4:27 PM MDTTornado WarningABRCodington, Grant33 min
May 17, 4:32 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRDay48 min
May 17, 4:42 PM MDTTornado WarningABRGrant, Roberts48 min
May 17, 4:42 PM MDTTornado WarningABRCodington48 min
May 17, 4:42 PM MDTTornado WarningABRMarshall48 min
May 17, 5:01 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRDeuel49 min

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.